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Lisa Gensheimer is a documentary producer and writer. Her career spans more than 30 years innewspaper and magazine publishing, corporate public relations, community revitalization, heritagetourism, and television. Lisa and her husband, Rich Gensheimer,

I'm tempted to drive 35 miles from my home to Ashville, New York, for a 3-4 lb. Good Grass Farmchicken, just so I can make chef Mark Sciortino's Italian wedding soup using fresh, local ingredients

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Ask a few friends to stop over with a favorite bottle of wine and a wedge Camembert or smokedapplewood cheddar and you have all the makings for a casual, fuss-free evening. There's nothing likea decanter

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An undiscovered corner of America along the southern shore of Lake Erie is home to the largestgrape-growing region east of the Rockies. Who knew? The r egion spans two states and 45 miles ofuntouched

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nn I love to pat the heads of perfectly shaped lettuce, run my fingers through fragrant herbs, andtickle the undersides of fuzzy melon leaves, sprawled on the warm, soft earth. There is somethingalluring

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Nick Malgieri's new book on baking is already beginning to look like a treasured family cookbook - asprinkle of flour between the folds, a post-it note to Santa for some must-have gadgets, and a

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My husband woke up craving a Chicago-style hot dog, but our daughter Emily had somethingentirely different in mind. We were visiting her new hometown, and a pastry from Julius Meinl'sauthentic Austrian

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A visit to the windy city ten days after the election found us bundled up in Grant Park, wonderingwhere all the people had gone. On Nov. 4, more than a quarter-million Americans had stood here inChicago's

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I wish I could tell you we sampled every flavorful food and wine pairing at the holiday wineweekends in America's Grape Country last year, but we were so busy shooting a documentary-styletravelogue

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I have been thinking a lot these days about my children and grandchildren, and what kind of futurethey can look forward to. Will they be proud to live in America? Will they be free to travel the world?

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T he economy's in for one rough ride, but that doesn't arkaoperadora mean you can't hit the road.Take advantage of the temporary decline in gas prices and fill up your t ank, roll down the windows,and

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I've always felt grounded by Sedona's ancient red rocks, but I never dreamed of sleeping on them. Atleast not until our friends Keith and Beth Lane arranged a three-day ca mping trip to Oak Creek

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"All I could se e from where I stood was three long mountains and a wood. I turned and lookedanother way and saw three islands in a bay." ~ Renascence , Edna St. Vincent Millay With

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If you're the kind of traveler who cares about the environment, culture, and people of the places youvisit, read on. Three, innovative tourism programs are working to protect some of the most beautiful

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Innovative project wins the American Trails National Partnership Award November 17. Announcedlast night at the 19th National Trails Symposium in Little Rock, Arkansas, this award recognizes the

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Six of ten Americans who are currently planning a trip will not change their travel plans thissummer, even as the price of unleaded regular gas approaches $4 a gallon, according to a study bythe Travel

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Filmmaker Tom Hanks appreciates history and http://arkaoperadora.com the guiding principles thatmake our country great. His work reflects his desire to see our nation live up to its highest ideals.Whether it is through telling

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Like a secret passageway that leads into the heart and soul of America, scenic U.S. Route 6stretches 440 miles acro ss Pennsylvania's northern tier, through forests and farmland, mountains,rivers

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A biography of Ida Tarbell brings the feisty journalist face-to-face with oil tycoon John D.Rockefeller. "As the nation enters a new era of populism and progressive politics, it cries out forjournalists

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Let America be America Again by Langston Hughes, 1938 Let America be America again. Let it bethe dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself

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The April issue of Writer's Digest arrived in my mailbox on Saturday and I've been in a snit eversince. "Publish Your First Book after 50," said the headline, but here's the real

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I am pleased to announce the winners of the 2008 President's Day contest I hosted here ongather.com. April L., Janet B., and Alta B. will receive copies of the public television documentary

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"It's a movement in which black people and white people, women and men, rich and poor,Protestants, Catholics and Jews, come together to accomplish a major social change. nn John Burt,Esq.,

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Want to learn more about Pennsylvania's Civil War history? Looking for an interesting and unusualway to spend a weekend getting to know the Commonwealth? Need a place to take your out-of-statevisitors

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Hurried along by 25-mph winds and knuckle-numbing cold, a dozen intrepid workers pluck frozengrapes from brittle vines, plopping them into crates. It is the crack of dawn along the southern shoreof

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